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    The general education program taught in the folkhögskola. Provides education equivalent to what Swedish school students receive at the end of their gymnasium education.

    En kurs för dig som inte har gått klart svensk grundskola eller motsvarande i annat land. Du förbereder dig för studier på Allmän kurs på gymnasial nivå eller annan utbildn ing på gymnasial nivå. Vi fokuserar framför allt på ökade kunskaper i svenska som andraspråk (på grundläggande nivå), och på hur det svenska samhället fungerar.

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    En kurs för dig som vill lära dig mer om Ortodox kyrklig tradition och samtidigt få grundläggande behörighet till studier på gymnasial nivå. Du läser Allmän kurs på grundnivå (50 %) och profilämnen (50 %) från utbudet av kurser på Sankt Ignatios College där du kan fördjupa dig inom tre-kyrkotraditioner: Tewahedo, Syrisk eller Bysantinsk.

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    Denna kurs är för dig som vill läsa Allmän kurs – Grund och samtidigt förbereda dig för att arbeta som personlig assistent för barn, ungdomar, vuxna och äldre. Vi kommer att läsa om hur det är att arbeta som personlig assistent, men också om mänskliga rättigheter med fokus på funktionsrätt.

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    En kurs som förbereder dig för för studier på yrkeshögskola. Vi fokuserar framför allt på ökade kunskaper i svenska som andraspråk och på hur det svenska samhället fungerar.

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    Denna kurs är för dig som vill läsa Allmän kurs och samtidigt förbereda dig för att arbeta som personlig assistent för barn, ungdomar, vuxna och äldre. Vi kommer att läsa om hur det är att arbeta som personlig assistent, men också om mänskliga rättigheter med fokus på funktionsrätt.

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    En kurs som förbereder dig för studier på högskola eller yrkeshögskola. Vi fokuserar på samhällskunskap och religionskunskap med ett särskilt fokus på mänskliga rättigheter. Du får även fördjupade kunskaper och färdigheter i svenska, retorik, skrivande och källkritik.

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    En kurs för dig som vill lära dig mer om ortodox kyrklig tradition och samtidigt få behörighet till studier på yrkeshögskola eller högskola/universitet. Du läser Allmän kurs på gymnasial nivå (50 %) och profilämnen (50 %) från utbudet av kurser på Sankt Ignatios College där du kan fördjupa dig inom tre kyrkotraditioner: Tewahedo, Syrisk eller Bysantinsk.

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    Programs at folkhögskola level or folkhögskola combined with university level, preparing participants for ministry in the churches

    On the pedagogical track of the Pastoral-Pedagogical Program, our participants receive a thorough understanding of the Church’s theological and biblical tradition as well as tools which will allow them to communicate their knowledge to others. Our participants learn how to create a safe and stimulating learning environment within a Church congregation and how to encourage participation in the life of the Church by lay members.

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    Participants on this course receive a theological education at a master’s level in the Department of Eastern Christian Studies at Stockholm School of Theology. In addition, they learn how to create a safe and stimulating learning environment within a Church congregation or a diocese and how to encourage participation in the life of the Church by clergy and lay members. 

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    The cantor’s training program is designed for devoted participants who wish to study the chants and hymns composed and arranged by Saint Yared. The course lasts for a period of 4-6 years. The languages of instruction and interaction on this course are Tigrinya, Amharic, and Ge’ez.

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    The cantor’s training program is designed for devoted participants who wish to study the chants and hymns composed and arranged by Saint Yared. The course lasts for a period of 4-6 years. The languages of instruction and interaction on this course are Tigrinya, Amharic, and Ge’ez. This course can be taken part time (50%).

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    This program provides the environment, structure and guidance necessary for the intellectual and personal formation of deacons who wish to serve the Orthodox Tewahdo Church. This three-year course is taught in Tigrinya or Amharic and does not require proficiency in Swedish or English.

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    This program provides the environment, structure and guidance necessary for the intellectual and personal formation of deacons who wish to serve the Orthodox Tewahdo Church. This three-year course is taught in Tigrinya or Amharic and does not require proficiency in Swedish or English.

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    The cantor’s training program is designed for devoted participants who wish to study the chants and hymns composed and arranged by Saint Yared. The course lasts for a period of 4-6 years. The languages of instruction and interaction on this course are Tigrinya, Amharic, and Ge’ez.

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    Individual courses in the Orthodox tradition taught at the folkhögskola. Each course provides an insight from a particular Orthodox tradition. Click on the course page for the relevant courses. 

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    Studying the Eastern Christian tradition at university level.

    This is a three-year bachelor’s program which provides students with a solid understanding of Orthodox theology and tradition, and which teaches them how to study and express themselves within an academic context.

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    This one-year pre-master’s program aims to provide students with the requisite background knowledge to allow them to begin master’s level studies in Eastern Christian Studies, in cases where applicants lack the formal requirements in the field.

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    The master’s program is a two-year program in which students acquire a deeper understanding of the field of Eastern Christian Studies as well as proficiency in communicating in a scholarly way at an advanced level.

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    The master’s program in International Relations and Ecumenism, offered by the Stockholm School of Theology, aims to educate future professionals and scholars in the fields of international and inter-Church relations.

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    The two-year master’s program in Religion, Politics and Democracy, within the Department of Eastern Christian Studies, aims to educate future professionals and scholars in the understanding of the relationship between religious ideas and institutions and the public sphere.

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    Stockholm School of Theology (University College Stockholm) is able to offer doctoral level training and supervision, equipping doctoral candidates for research within the field of Eastern Christian studies. The program is equivalent to 240 ECTS credits and can be studied full-time or part-time. 

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Dr. Haileyesus Alebachew

Fr. Haileyesus Alebachew

Dr. Haileyesus Alebachew, is a senior lecturer at Sankt Ignatius College and deputy rector and program manager of Sankt Ignatios Tewahedo Orthodox Seminary. 

He teaches the college courses; The Early Church and The Gospels and the Letters of Paul. He also teaches Ge’ez Language, Practical Liturgy and Zema in the Orthodox Tewahedo Seminary. In addition, he teaches the following distance courses: Dogmatic Theology, Church History, Bible Study, and Practical Theology. As a priest, he serves the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Naka Holy Trinity Church, Stockholm. 

Fr. Haileyesus Alebachew received PhD in Ge’ez Philology, an MA in Social Psychology, and an MA in English Language from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He has also Bachelor of Theology from Holy Trinity Theological College, Addis Ababa. In addition, from the traditional schools of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, he acquired knowledge of Zema, Qene, Qiddase, and Aquaquam. Currently, he is studying for the MA in Eastern Christian Theology, at University College Stockholm. 

Fr. Haileyesus believes that “teaching, particularly theological, is helping people to have a much clearer understanding about their present and future (earthly and heavenly) life”             

Roles

Deputy Rector and a teacher at the Tewahedo Orthodox Seminary; senior lecturer at Sankt Ignatius College; a member of the Faculty Collegium at Department of Eastern Christian Studies at Stockholm School of Theology

Email

haileyesus.molaw@sanktignatios.org

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